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Loincloth

Object Number:87-8-11
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Pipikoro
Provenience: Sulawesi
Maker: Tina Idjo
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Bark Cloth
Length: 216 cm
Width: 26 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number:25 - Other Number

Description

Loincloth (pewo). Indigenous everyday wear for men, now obsolete. Undecorated strip of barkcloth. Some damage on ends. From nunu lero (Ficus sp. : probably ficus infectoria) (see samples 87-8-29/31).

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